Peanut Butter Pie

Would you believe that I didn't own a food processor until recently? 500+ recipes I've made and blogged about over the past 3 years, and yet I didn't have this kitchen appliance. I thought about getting one from time to time, but I continued to put off the purchase. I finally read enough recipes that I needed a food processor for, so I took some gift cards and took the plunge, buying a 14-cup Kitchenaid model. I think it's the most expensive thing I've ever bought for my kitchen myself. I haven't done much with the food processor yet; I made hot chocolate mix and sliced vegetables for salad, but that's about it. One of the things I planned to use it for was making homemade almond and peanut butter at some point. So of course when I saw Alton Brown make peanut butter, and then Peanut Butter Pie, I could hardly wait to use the recipe to test my new food processor. When we made the pie, we wondered why it was called Peanut Butter Pie and not Chocolate-Peanut Butter Pie. It was easy to understand once we ate a few bites. The chocolate was barely noticeable in the bites - the pie was overwhelmingly peanut butter. Not that it's a bad thing. The chocolate gave a little contrast to highlight the peanut butter, but wasn't particularly noticeable in general. The pie was very rich - an 8th of a pie was 650 calories! - so we cut it into slightly more manageable 12ths. Peanut Butter Pie It would have been cheaper to use store-bought peanut butter to make the pie, but that would have made it incredibly sweet, since peanut butter usually has a lot of sugar added to it already. I thought it was a great pie with plain unsalted peanuts but I can imagine it would shine if you had Spanish peanuts, which Alton Brown recommended. If you like peanut butter, this is definitely a pie for you! Given the high calorie content, I probably wouldn't make it again for just me and Alex, but I think I'd make it again to share! Want more peanut butter? Try Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake, Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake, Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites, or Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting.

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